Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:07:44 +0100 From: usleepless@gmail.com To: "Chuck Robey" <chuckr@chuckr.org> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: streaming video Message-ID: <c39ec84c0712121307t1d8f1748v24a759803e9ab547@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <476042F2.7040707@chuckr.org> References: <475DBEBC.1060805@chuckr.org> <200712110013.16343.danny@ricin.com> <476042F2.7040707@chuckr.org>
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Chuck, On Dec 12, 2007 9:22 PM, Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> wrote: > > Danny Pansters wrote: > > On Monday 10 December 2007 23:33:32 Chuck Robey wrote: > >> I can't figure out how to get streaming video (as exemplified by the > >> links on this page: http://countdown.ksc.nasa.gov/elv/public/ ) to > >> display. I have buiolt a host of dvd ports, they all seemm to show > >> dvd's fine, but I can't figure out how to get one of the links on that > >> page to kick off a program to show stuff. This isn't flash. Also, I do > >> get a popup asking me what to do with this contentm but no matter what > >> program I gove it (suck as xine, vlc, totem, gxine, or gxanim, others) > >> nothing displays beyond the program's startup (the one I ca;; just opens > >> a window and grins stupidly at me). > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-multimedia > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >> "freebsd-multimedia-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > rm = realmedia, you can play it with realplayer or with (k)mplayer/xine/... if > > you have enabled the real codecs for them (possibly also need the win32 > > codecs, they also contain some of older the real codecs IIRC). > > > > e.g. > > cd /usr/ports/multimedia/linux-realplayer && make install clean > > > > or > > cd /usr/ports/multimedia/mplayer > > make config (and enable the real support) > > make install clean > > > > I'm not sure if maybe the java applets on that website intend to embed the > > video (if that is so, it works poorly I reckon ;-) > > > > No, you misunderstood me, I have the tools, I just can't seem ever to > get them to work, when initiated from Seamonkey'spopup which asks me how > to handle it. I know that setting the correct mime type would help (and > that info would be of use) but that's why I gave the sample video url, > so folks could tell me why I can't just kick off (for example) either > xine or maybe totem. Nothing works -- I mean, the windows of the > executable I am calling open up, but no video appears, even if I wait a > while for download (and I have quite a lot of bandwidth). > > I don't need the toolnames, I need to figure out how to get them to work > with the browser. you need to install mplayer-plugin ( /usr/ports/www/mplayer-plugin ). nasa works for me ( firefox + mplayer-plugin ) regards, usleep
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